Jeremiah 10:25

“Pour out thy fury upon the Heathen that know thee not, etc.] Make a difference between thy people that know thee, and make a profession of thy name, and worship thee, and the Heathen, the nations of the world who are ignorant of God, and worship stocks and stones; while thou correctest thine own people in measure, in love, and not in wrath, pour out without measure all thy fury upon the Gentiles that know not God, and are guilty of the grossest idolatry: and upon the families that call not on thy name; this does not signify single families, commonly so called; but kingdoms, as the Targum interprets it; Heathen kingdoms and nations, that call not upon or worship the God of Israel, but their…”

“The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy. Jeremiah 10:19 Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable. A grief - Or, “my grief.” Jeremiah 10:20 tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land of their captivity. They can aid the widowed mother no longer in pitching her tent, or in hanging up the curtains round about it. Jeremiah 10:21 Therefore they shall not prosper - Rather, “therefore they have not governed wisely.” “The pastors,” i. e.,…”

“The Heathen - Such as do not acknowledge thee for their God. Call not - One part of worship put for the whole. If thou wilt pour out thy fury, let the effects of it be to thine enemies, not unto thine own people. Next: Jeremiah Chapter 11”

“Pour: Psa 79:6, Psa 79:7 that know: Job 18:21; Joh 17:25; Act 17:23; Co1 15:34; Th1 4:5; Th2 1:8 call: Psa 14:4; Isa 43:22, Isa 64:7; Zep 1:6 eaten: Jer 8:16, Jer 50:7, Jer 50:17, Jer 51:34, Jer 51:35; Psa 27:2; Lam 2:22; Eze 25:6-8, Eze 35:5-10; Oba 1:10-16; Zac 1:15 Next: Jeremiah Chapter 11”